As we rumble through the music world’s Q4, you’re gonna start seeing a lot more remixes, special EPs, free live cuts, etc. from bands with earlier quarter LP releases; think of ‘em as a gentle nudge as you begin to make your year-end best-album lists. Although jogging your Mirrored memory won’t really require too much prodding, Battles and Warp are set to release a killer EP anyway, built around the excellent, X-Files-esque vid-treated single “Tonto.” Along with the original and a live version from FRF ’07, the Tonto+ EP is slinging a rad remix from Kompakt snip-and-paste man/P4K Fest champion the Field, who weaves the track into something recognizable only as a Field song, and a similarly killer reworking by Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet). The Fridge man’s turn bubbles and rumbles up front, kicks in with the same guitar riff, gets nice and house-y come those ritualistic nonsensical rain dance chants, and breaks for a minute before coming back with some hard kit work at the six-minute mark. (Yes, six-minute mark; it clocks in at nine-plus).

[Battles pic from their set w/Deerhunter @ the Seaport 8/31/07; no explanation on the Hebden shot]